Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-10-14

That Speaker Carlisle gave the ONO
democrats sound and wholesome adj
vice when he told them 70 let Mr..
Sherman and Governor Foraker talk
without interruption about the war
and flags, while the democratic speak
ers are telling about the tariff, the
public lands, the right of local self
government, the other m alters affect
ing their real interests" has been
proved conclusiyeIy by the logic of
events in the Buckeye campaign.
Sherman, Foraker, ct al have not only
talked a great deal about the war and
the flags, but have also dragged in
several other irrelevant topics in the
hope of helping their case by prevent
ing the voters from considering the
real issues of the campaign. Among
the questions imported by the repub-
Iican leaders is the rights of negroes
in the southern states; but the attempt
to make capital upon this score will
utterly fail, because circumstances have
forced the question right home to the
people Of Ohio, and the difficult prob
lem which they are called upon to
solve is the rights of negroes at home
Il oh in,
sition now occupied by those who have
during the present canvass in Ohio
attempted to make capital out Of the
question of social equality between
whites and negroes is fairly described
by the following which is clipped from
The New York Weekly Witness:
THE Ohio Legislature at its last
session repealed the "black laws" and
decreed that white children should 90
to school together. This was very fine
in theory, but when the time came for
opening the schools and the parents
began to realize that their children
were to sit beside colored children
there were not a few who failed to
see the beauty of this arrangement as
clearly as they would have done if
the white children in the case had lived
in Georgia instead of in their own
homes. At Oxford there was an indig-
nation meeting attended by about 400
persons belonging to both political
parties, and resolution was adopted
calling upon the board of education
to remove the colored children from
the building attended by the white
children. The board having complied
with this demand, another public meet
ing was held to express the satisfaction
of the citizens with the change. The
Commercial Gazette SAYS of this
meeting"
"Quite a number of colOred men
"came to the hall, and were greeted with
"cries of rats" "take him out" etc.
One might imagine that for the once
instead of being in free and enlight-
"ened Ohio, he was in South Carolina
"or Mississippi. 1t was a shameful
exhibition of unmanliness and bra
"vado, the strong domineering over
" the weak. If the steps taken were
necessary they should have been
taken In quiet way, without making
"such a public, and race prejudice
producing demonstration. To the
"shame of some of these men, it must
g be stated tnat they were republicans,
blinded by fanaticiSm that cannot
4" but result in harm to this beautiful
little town. In calling the meeting
TO order the chairman asked the boys
to be as quiet as possible, that while
they had cause to feel jubilant they
could at the proper time give vent to
their feelings"
"All the citizens of Ohio were not
responsible for this exhibition of preju-
dice, but there will undoubtedly be
enough of sympathy with the action
of the people of Oxford throughout
the state to tone down very consider
ably the feeling against citizens OF
Georgia on account of their determin.
alton not to allow any approach tc
social equality. Messrs Sherman anC
Foraker will have hard work to make
much of boom on the negro this
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